2008 Nationwide Tour

The 2008 Nationwide Tour season ran from January 24 to November 9. The season consisted of 30 official money golf tournaments; five of which were played outside of the United States. The top 25 players on the year-end money list earned their PGA Tour card for 2009.

Schedule

The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Nationwide Tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the Nationwide Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.

Week Tournament State/Country Winner
Jan 24-27 Panama Movistar Championship Panama Scott Dunlap (2)
Jan 31 - Feb 3 Mexico Open Mexico Jarrod Lyle (1)
Feb 14-17 HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand Darron Stiles (*)
Feb 21-24 Moonah Classic Australia Ewan Porter (1)
Mar 27-30 Chitimacha Louisiana Open Louisiana Gavin Coles (4)
Apr 3-6 Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship California Aron Price (1)
Apr 17-20 Athens Regional Foundation Classic Georgia Robert Damron (1)
Apr 24-27 Henrico County Open Virginia Greg Chalmers (2)
May 1-4 South Georgia Classic Georgia Bryan DeCorso (1)
May 8-11 Fort Smith Classic Arkansas Colt Knost (1)
May 15-18 BMW Charity Pro-Am South Carolina
North Carolina
David Mathis (1)
May 22-25 Melwood Prince George's County Open Maryland Jeff Klauk (2)
May 29 - Jun 1 Bank of America Open Illinois Kris Blanks (1)
Jun 5-8 Rex Hospital Open North Carolina Scott Gutschewski (2)
Jun 19-22 Knoxville Open Tennessee Jarrod Lyle (2)
Jun 26-29 Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic Canada Justin Hicks (1)
Jul 10-13 Nationwide Tour Players Cup West Virginia Rick Price (2)
Jul 17-20 Price Cutter Charity Championship Missouri Colt Knost (2)
Jul 24-27 Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational Ohio Bill Lunde (1)
Jul 31 - Aug 3 Cox Classic Nebraska Ryan Hietala (2)
Aug 7-10 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Kansas Scott Piercy (1)
Aug 14-17 Xerox Classic New York Brendon de Jonge (1)
Aug 21-24 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania Scott Piercy (2)
Sep 4-7 Utah Championship Utah Brendon Todd (1)
Sep 11-14 Albertsons Boise Open Idaho Chris Tidland (1)
Sep 18-21 Oregon Classic Oregon Matt Bettencourt (1)
Oct 9-12 WNB Golf Classic Texas Marc Leishman (1)
Oct 16-19 Chattanooga Classic Tennessee Arjun Atwal (1)
Oct 23-26 Miccosukee Championship Florida D. A. Points (4)
Nov 6-9 Nationwide Tour Championship at TPC Craig Ranch Texas Matt Bettencourt (2)

Leading money winners

Rank Player Country Earnings ($)
1 Matt Bettencourt  United States 447,863
2 Brendon de Jonge  Zimbabwe 437,035
3 Jeff Klauk  United States 407,418
4 Jarrod Lyle  Australia 382,738
5 Bill Lunde  United States 341,466
6 Colt Knost  United States 329,509
7 Darron Stiles  United States 324,627
8 Greg Chalmers  Australia 321,930
9 Scott Piercy  United States 320,187
10 Greg Owen  England 309,805

Full list here

See also